Quote (Goomshill @ Feb 24 2024 10:05am)
Also there's some pretty wide reports from both UA and RU sides that Russia is fully taking over a series of villages to the north/east of Avdeevka, Sieverne and Lastochkyne today
it points to Russia not stopping its advance at conquering just the strongholds but now taking territory on the outskirts
Whatever line is being held in the donbas is clearly falling back significantly from the previous front
When Russia took Popasna it slowly expanded control and eventually lead to the battle of Bakhmut and we know how that turned out.
Avdiivka IMO is similar in nature to Popasna. Once the key fortification and resistance is broken, control in that sector falls pretty fast.